Crime

‘Evangelist’ in court for swindling fiancée of GH¢165,000

A self-styled evangelist is facing the law for allegedly swindling his fiancée of GH¢165,000. The accused, Solomon Yidana, was on Monday put before a Kumasi...

Suspected car snatchers grabbed in Swedru

A Circuit Court in Akim Swedru has remanded into Police custody, Louis Adomako, a 33-year-old phone repairer charged with robbery of taxi cabs from...

3 convicts attack another in nasty court brawl as officer fires warning shot

A 20-year sentence handed to five armed robbers by a Circuit Court in Tema was enough to turn five robbers against each other in...

Prison officer fires shots to separate fight between convicts at court

It took the firing of some warning shots by a Prison officer to stop a brawl between two convicted persons at the Tema High...

6 Chinese arrested for alleged involvement in galamsey

Six Chinese, who allegedly invaded forest reserves in the Wassa area of the Western Region with their Ghanaian collaborators to undertake illegal mining, popularly...

Lapaz shooting: Police round up 15, impound vehicle and motorbike

Fifteen people suspected to have been variously involved in the shooting incident at Lapaz that claimed the life of a policeman and caused injury...

Why Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi killed his mum and sister

Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi shocked the footballing world after he killed his mum and sister in Italy. The 21 year old who plays for Parma...

Hot video: Armed robber arrested at East Legon

This suspect allegedly robbed someone at American House in East Legon in Accra on Saturday. He is said to have opened the door of the...

Man jailed 10 years for robbing SHS students

A Techiman Circuit Court presided over by Alexander Graham has sentenced 32-year David Owusu also known as ‘Thousand Note’ to ten years imprisonment in...

Audio: 4 shot by armed robbers at Asante Bekwai

Four (4) persons have been gunned down by some suspected armed robbers at Kotwea in the Asante Bekwai municipality of the Ashanti region. An eye...

Unemployed in court for theft

Francis Akati, 20, unemployed, has appeared before a Ho Circuit Court for stealing items worth GHC 8,650 from residents at Sokode Lokoe near Ho...

Woman ‘slaughtered’ in her shop at Akatsi

Residents of Akatsi in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region were thrown into a state of shock on Friday, when a businesswoman...

Solomon Nyantakyi refuses to tell police why he killed mother and sister

Having confessed to the crime of murdering his 43-year-old mother and 11-year-old sister, one would have expected that the young footballer, Solomon Nyantakyi, would...

3 robbers lynched at Nadowli

An angry mob reportedly lynched three suspected armed robbers recently at Nator Banori, a village near Nadowli in the Upper West Region. The victims, who...

Photos: Three dupe man with fake mobile phone

Three suspected thieves were arrested Friday at Kokomlemle near Joy FM for duping a man with a fake Samsung mobile phone. According to reports, the...

HOT AUDIO: IGP places GHȻ10,000 bounty on Lapaz Cop killers

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu has announced a GHȻ10,000 reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of two armed...

Two in BNI custody for dismantling state car

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) has taken over the case in which a mechanic was caught dismantling a state registered Toyota Land Cruiser...

Judgement day for Mawarko ‘pepper’ manager

The Abeka District Court in Accra has set July 26 to deliver its ruling in the case in which Jihad Chabaan, the embattled Ablemkpe...

Man murders wife, dumps body in pond

A coconut seller in Sokode Bagble in the Ho Municipality, Joshua Ababaio, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and dumping the body...

HOT VIDEO: How armed robbers shot policeman at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at Abeka...

Teenager sentenced to death for stealing Nokia phone

A 19-year-old boy, Adeolu Bamiteko has been sentenced to death by hanging for theft. He was reported to have robbed one Adefunke Amire of her...

Galamseyer jailed for stabbing prostitute

A 25 year-old, Abdul Mugeez has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by Tarkwa Circuit Court for stabbing a commercial sex worker at Number...

Police confirms shooting of two men at Lapaz

Police have confirmed one officer has died after he was shot at close range by robbers at a popular joint called Las Palmas at...

13 Delta Force members’ case adjourned again

A Kumasi Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has adjourned to August 8, 2017 the case involving thirteen (13) members of pro- New Patriotic...

PHOTOS: Armed robbers shoot policeman; snatch car at Lapaz

Two suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot a police officer who led a team to stop their robbery operations at Lapaz near popular restaurant,...

A/R Police begin investigations into officer’s suicide

A high powered team of crime officers from the Ashanti Regional Police Command and the Tafo/Pankrono Divisional Command have begun investigations into death of...

2 arrested for selling toffees, alcohol mixed with ‘wee’

A 64-year-old woman and her male accomplice are in the grips of the Tafo Pankrono Police in the Ashanti Region for possessing substances suspected...

25-year-old busted for stabbing a prostitute

A 25-year-old trader identified as Abdul Mugeez has been arrested by Prestea police for stabbing and robbing a prostitute. The incident occurred at Prestea in...

Blind man, three others arrested for ‘galamsey’

The police have arrested four illegal miners, including a 55-year-old blind man, at Beposo near Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region. The gang, led by Kwadwo...

Two prisoners to serve additional time over drugs

Two prisoners, who are each serving a 10 year sentence at the Kumasi Central Prison, have had their jail term extended by additional four...

Police hunt for 21 more robbers

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is on the heels of 21 other suspected robbers believed to be members of...

Fake lawyer busted after practising for one year

The Weija Police last Friday arrested one Timothy Yawson for posing as a lawyer. Yawson, 42, was defending his client in a civil case at...

29-year-old bus driver raped his 17-year-old sister-in-law

One 29-year-old bus driver, identified as Folarin Olorunto, has raped his sister-in-law after he threatened her with a knife to be able to rape...

Man kills wife over dinner delay

Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late. Ashok Kumar came home drunk...

NDC thugs kill one at Sankore

A 30-year old unemployed man from Sankore in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Kwaku Addai, was on Saturday reportedly killed by...

24 suspected robbers nabbed for allegedly terrorising travellers

Twenty-four suspected highway robbers believed to be the masterminds of a number of robberies on major highways across the country have been busted by...

Decongesting Ghana's prisons: Judge wants fines for some convicts

An Appeals Court Judge, has called on interest groups in the legal system to do more in pushing for non-custodial sentences. Justice Clemence Hornyenugah believes...

Trial of Chinese illegal miners to begin on July 12

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving En Huang aka Aisha Hung and four other Chinese for their alleged involvement in illegal...

19 charged for killing Major Mahama

At last 19 persons, including one woman, have been charged by the state over the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuase in...

Farmer, 50, jailed 20 years

The Techiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling, impregnating and eloping with a 13-year-old. Father...